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R. H. HUTGHINSON. Shirts.

No. 230,551. Patented July 21, 1880.

N-FETHS, PHOTO-l-"NQQMFNER. WASHINGTON. D. G.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT H. HUTOHINSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,551, dated July 27, 1880.

Application filed April 15, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, ROBERT H. HUTonIN- SON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Shirts, of which the following is a specification; and I do hereby declare that in the same is contained a full, clear, and exact descrip- I reference to the construction of the shirt-body,

whereby a certain fullness is given to the same without injuring its shape.

The object of this part of the invention is to adapt the shirt to persons difiering slightly in chest or abdominal development, to allow for expansion of the chest while the wearer is exercising or at work, and to reduce the strain on the buttons and the bosom.

The usual manner of attaching the shirtbosom to the body is to sew the edge of the body between the materials forming the bosomfront and the lining of the same, and it is found that the lining, which is generally of comparatively thick material, when starched, frays or cuts the part of the body with which it comes in contact, as before stated. This wear of the shirt-body is obviated by binding the body tightly around the edges of the entire bosom materials, and allowing it to spring from the body in the rear of the bosom at the sides thereof.

In the further description of my said invention, which follows, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which Figure I is a front view of the improved shirt. Fig. II is a cross-section of the bosom and a part of the body. Fig. III is a similar section on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

A is the shirt-body. The front of the shirtbosom is represented by a, and the lining of the same by b. The edges of the body are bound around the edges of the bosom, and the whole secured by one or more rows of stitches, c.

In order to effect the fullness in the body,

before alluded to, I form plaits d in the same under the sides of the bosom, at its upper and lower ends, and sew the said plaits at their upper and lower ends, as will be readily understood.

By this means the shirt-body between the secured ends of the plaits may be easily extended, and when released will assume its original shape.

1 claim as my invention 1. The method of connecting the bosom of a shirt to the body, which consists of turning the edge of the body material at the sides of the bosom-opening around the edge of the material forming the bosom, then turning the said body material back on itself, and then securing the whole by oneor more rows of stitches, substan tially as described and shown, and for the purpose specified.

2. The shirt-body A, having the plaits d at either side of the shirt-bosom, the said plaits extending toward each other from the top and bottom of the said bosom, where they are fastened by stitches, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

ROBERT E. HUTGHINSON.

Witnesses WALTER W. MONIAGUE, A. (J. BELL. 

